Did Julian Sterling Have a Shotgun Marriage

Seeing Marcus Reed with that expression like he'd solved a problem for him, Ethan Sterling was about to explode.

"I want to see Julian Sterling!" Ethan Sterling said through gritted teeth.

Marcus Reed looked at the humiliated and enraged Ethan Sterling and continued, "Manager Sterling, regarding the reporters coming to our door this time, we've already found out that it was Ms. Naomi Pierce who tipped them off."

Ethan Sterling froze. "What did you say?"

Earlier, when the reporters had surrounded Sterling International, he had thought those reporters had gotten some gossip from who knew where. He never expected Naomi Pierce had been the one to leak it.

Hadn't he told her not to act rashly for the time being?

Now that she had stirred things up like this, everything he'd done before had all gone to waste!

Ethan Sterling's expression shifted for a moment, then he gritted his teeth, turned, and left.

At the hospital, when Naomi Pierce saw that the focus of everything had shifted onto her, she viciously smashed the meal on the bedside table.

She was so angry her vision went dark, and she clenched her teeth hard.

How had it turned into this?

Wasn't Julian Sterling going to hold a press conference to clear up his relationship with Claire Bennett? Why had he announced what happened at the engagement party?

Bang—the door to the hospital room was shoved open hard.

Ethan Sterling appeared in the doorway with a dark expression. When Naomi Pierce saw the frightening look on his face, she instinctively panicked a little.

"Didn't I tell you not to act rashly for the time being? Why did you leak it to the reporters?" Ethan Sterling demanded angrily, his face dark.

Naomi Pierce's heart lurched.

Ethan Sterling knew everything about this?

Very quickly, she steadied herself and put on an innocent look. In a soft voice, she said, "Ethan, I was only trying to help you. I didn't expect things to turn out like this."

Originally, as long as they pinned the matter on Claire Bennett, they could both come out of it spotless. Who could have expected something like this to happen?

"Help me?" Ethan Sterling sneered. Through gritted teeth, he said, "Do you know how much money I spent to suppress this whole thing? If you hadn't gone and tipped them off, this never would have happened!"

Ethan Sterling blamed everything on Naomi Pierce.

Hearing Ethan Sterling's accusations, Naomi Pierce grew angry too.

Wasn't she doing it for her own reputation too? If this matter had been handled well, it would have benefited Ethan Sterling too. Who knew it would turn out like this?

What right did he have to act like she'd done something unforgivable and accuse her like this?

Naomi Pierce said resentfully, "So now you're blaming me? Instead of going after Claire Bennett, you're here questioning me. Who knows, maybe you still have feelings for Claire Bennett after all..."

"Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about?"

Ethan Sterling was already upset enough, and Naomi Pierce saying that only made him more irritable, so he snapped at her.

Naomi Pierce looked at Ethan Sterling's impatient expression, and grievance and unwillingness flashed through her eyes.

After the Bennett family had shown up at their engagement party, Ethan Sterling had always treated her very well, but now he had changed into a different person. Fine if he wouldn't help her, but now he was actually scolding her too!

Just then, Naomi Pierce's phone suddenly rang.

She picked it up and answered, "Hello."

It was a reporter calling. Someone had found Naomi Pierce's phone number and called directly to ask about Ethan Sterling hitting someone at the engagement party.

"Ms. Naomi Pierce, was it because you did something to betray Mr. Ethan Sterling that Mr. Ethan Sterling fell out with you?"

"No!" Naomi Pierce shrieked, furiously hanging up at once.

But after she hung up, other calls came in, and along with them came countless text-message barrages, all asking about her and Ethan Sterling.

Naomi Pierce's face looked dark and ugly. In the end, she turned off her phone, and only then did all the harassment stop.

Just then, there was a knock at the door. A hospital nurse had come to inform her, "Miss Pierce, there are a lot of reporters outside..."

Someone had actually tracked down the hospital Naomi Pierce was staying in and come to her door!

Ethan Sterling had spent quite a bit of money and energy handling the reporters, and now not only had he gotten zero benefit from the Bennett family, he was left with a total mess again.

He let out a cold laugh and said, "You caused this mess, so you deal with it yourself. Anyway, with the Bennett family's capabilities, handling something this minor should be easy."

After saying that, Ethan Sterling actually turned and left.

Naomi Pierce looked at his departing back, disbelief appearing in her eyes. She hadn't expected Ethan Sterling to just leave like that?

Ethan Sterling was telling her to solve this herself, but what ability did she have to solve it?

And besides, the Bennett family weren't her real relatives. How could they possibly clean up her mess for her?

Looking at the shattered pieces of her phone on the floor, Naomi Pierce looked pained and frazzled, not knowing what she should do next.

Just then, there was a knock on the hospital room door.

Knock knock.

Naomi Pierce turned to look, only to see an unexpected person standing in the doorway.

The man was dressed in a suit, standing quietly at the hospital room door. A faint smile hung at the corner of his lips as he said warmly, "Miss."

It was actually... someone from the Bennett family!